bank reserve requirements

But so far, he said, the government has kept prices mostly in check by raising bank reserve requirements and interest rates.

It has sought recently to slow down credit growth by raising bank reserve requirements and paring credit growth targets.

It has done that by repeatedly ratcheting up bank-reserve requirements and tightening rules on mortgage lending.

Beijing 's monetary response boils down to modest interest rate hikes and increased bank reserve requirements .

Since late April, China's central bank has twice raised benchmark lending rates and bank reserve requirements.

China's bank reserve requirements are 21%. These must be among the highest reserve levels in the world.

Chinese officials have also drained cash from the economy by raising bank reserve requirements.

The government also injects and withdraws liquidity through bank reserve requirements and by sterilising foreign currency inflows.

It is shutting off lending to land developers and has raised bank reserve requirements five times this year.

And the recent lowering of bank reserve requirements is a godsend.

To avoid raising rates further, Brazil is trying other measures such as restricting credit by raising bank reserve requirements.

Raised bank reserve requirements seven times since 2009.

Further increases to bank reserve requirements make sense in order to constrain the growth of credit.

Well, today the People's Bank of China raised bank reserve requirements again.